Traumatic brain injury (TBI) decisions — 2025

The veteran withdrew all pending appeals, including those for increased ratings and service connection.

The Board granted a disability rating of 50 percent for generalized anxiety disorder and TBI, stemming from the appeals of the November 2022 and February 2023 Rating Decisions.

The Board denied a disability rating in excess of 10 percent for TBI for the period from October 23, 2008, to May 3, 2010.

The Board granted the restoration of a 100 percent rating for PTSD with bipolar II disorder and cognitive impairment due to traumatic brain injury beginning on June 29, 2019.

The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, specifically major depressive disorder, and denied the claims for a neck condition, traumatic brain injury, bilateral hearing loss, obstructive sleep apnea, lumbar spine disorder, hypertension, and left lower extremity radiculopathy.

The Board denied service connection for several conditions, granted an initial rating of 10 percent for chronic constipation, and granted higher ratings of 30 percent for bilateral peripheral vestibular disorder and 20 percent for bilateral dry eye.

The Board denied the Veteran's claims for earlier effective dates for service connection and related benefits, as no clear and unmistakable error was found in the prior rating decisions and the evidence did not support an earlier effective date.

The Board denied the veteran's claims for earlier effective dates, higher ratings, and service connection for various conditions, except for migraine including migraine variants and bilateral pterygium with significant dry eye keratopathy and early senile cataracts which were granted with specific effective dates.

The Board determined that new and relevant evidence had not been submitted to warrant readjudication of the claims for compensation pursuant to 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for a cervical spine disability and residuals of a traumatic brain injury.

The Board denied the Veteran's claim for special monthly compensation (SMC)(t) based on traumatic brain injury (TBI), as he did not require a higher level of aid and attendance.

The appeal for restoration of the 100 percent rating for PTSD with bipolar II disorder and cognitive impairment due to traumatic brain injury beginning on June 29, 2019 was improperly docketed at the Board of Veterans' Appeals and is therefore dismissed.

The Board denied increased ratings for various disabilities and granted service connection for residuals of frostbite in the hands and sinusitis, while remanding several issues for further consideration.

The Board denied increased ratings for bilateral pes planus with plantar fasciitis and PTSD/TBI, but granted special monthly compensation based on the need for aid and attendance.

The Board denied entitlement to increased ratings for PTSD and TBI, as well as a TDIU and SMC.

The Board granted an initial rating of 70 percent for TBI and a total disability rating due to individual unemployability resulting from service-connected disabilities.

The Board denied the veteran's claim for an initial disability rating in excess of 10 percent for residuals of traumatic brain injury (TBI) based on a September 2022 VA examination that found mild impairment.

The Board granted service connection for a lumbar spine disability, bilateral plantar fasciitis, and an acquired psychiatric disability. Service connection was denied for frostbite residuals of the left and right feet, and remanded claims for gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hypertension, sleep apnea, and diabetes mellitus, type II.

The Board granted service connection for residuals of TBI, diagnosed as right mesial temporal lobe sclerosis, based on the evidence showing a relationship between the in-service head injury and the current disability.

The Board restored the 10 percent rating for right lower extremity (RLE) radiculopathy, femoral nerve, and denied increased ratings for left lower extremity radiculopathy, sciatic nerve, erectile dysfunction, TBI with unspecified depressive disorder, and migraines.

The Board restored the 40 percent rating for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine and granted a 100 percent rating for persistent depressive disorder with psychotic features with TBI from December 20, 2017 to August 24, 2021.